Singapore – Singapore media company Mediacorp and Netflix, Inc announced that the streaming service will bring locally produced TV series to its members around the world from early 2017. The agreement brings over 20 popular Chinese TV series made in Singapore, including award-winning classics like The Little Nyonya and The Golden Path, and more recent dramas like The Dream Job and The Truth Seekers to Netflix. The service has more than 86 million members in over 190 countries around the … [Read more...] about Netflix partners Mediacorp
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SMF celebrates Asian storytelling
Singapore – The Singapore Media Festival, one of Asia’s leading international media events, kicked off with a stellar showing of industry heavyweights at its launch in Marina Bay Sands’ ArtScience Museum. The 3rd edition of the festival looks forward to welcoming some 20,000 thought-leaders and key players in the various aspects of media and content production community and members of the public from Singapore and around the world in the next 17 festival days. In addition to celebrating … [Read more...] about SMF celebrates Asian storytelling
21st Asian Television Awards Nominees
Singapore – Losing no time in setting the tone for next year’s Awards, the 21st Asian Television Awards announced its nominations in all 41 categories today. Reflecting a diverse blend of talented storytellers this year, the 267 nominees were selected from a panel of 75 judges. The results were tabulated and audited by international auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. Leading the pack with multiple nominations across several categories are Discovery Networks … [Read more...] about 21st Asian Television Awards Nominees
VICE Media debuts in Indonesia
Macau – VICE Media announced a major market expansion into Indonesia, the world’s fourth largest nation. VICE will launch a full-scale operation in Indonesia, producing local content and creative agency services to reach the skyrocketing young population of over 100 million people in the country. In addition, VICE announced multi-platform partnerships with Jawa Pos TV and Google that will bring linear and digital programming to the country. Content will be available in both English and … [Read more...] about VICE Media debuts in Indonesia
CASBAA Convention kicks off the first conference
Macau – The CASBAA Convention annual conference got underway at its exciting new venue, Studio City, Macau. This year marks the 25th anniversary of CASBAA which is dedicated to representing key players from the cable and satellite broadcasting industry under the motto ‘represent, inform, connect’. Today’s sessions looked at the deals being made in the industry today, as well as the tools to aggregate and measure audiences. As ever, content was hotly discussed, with a focus on how … [Read more...] about CASBAA Convention kicks off the first conference
mm2 Asia to acquire cinema locations in Malaysia
mm2 Asia announced that they have signed a binding term sheet to acquire 13 cinema locations in Malaysia from Lotus Fivestar Cinemas for a purchase consideration of RM118 million. The 13 cinema locations comprise a total of 90 screens with a total of 15,818 seats. With the completion of the acquisition, mm2 Asia will own a total of 133 cinema screens in Malaysia, making it the fourth largest cinema operator in the Malaysian market. The cinemas comprised in the business were established … [Read more...] about mm2 Asia to acquire cinema locations in Malaysia